Cover is for reference only

Modern and past glacial environments /

In combining and revising the two titles 'Past Glacial Environments' and 'Modern Glacial Environments', Dr Menzies and his contributors provide the most comprehensive and wide-ranging book ever prepared on both topics. This text is produced with the student mind, providing access...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Elsevier Science & Technology
Group Author: Menzies, John
Published: Butterworth-Heinemann,
Publisher Address: Oxford :
Publication Dates: 2002.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Edition: Revised student edition.
Subjects:
Glaciers
Glacial epoch
E poque glaciaire
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Sedimentology & Stratigraphy
Glaciale sedimenten
IJstijden
Glaciologie
Electronic books
Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780750642262
Summary: In combining and revising the two titles 'Past Glacial Environments' and 'Modern Glacial Environments', Dr Menzies and his contributors provide the most comprehensive and wide-ranging book ever prepared on both topics. This text is produced with the student mind, providing accessibility to a complex subject and introducing topics that provide the fundamental underpinnings of knowledge on glaciers, ice sheets, their sediments and landscapes. Modern and Past Glacial Environments features a large collection of photographs, line diagrams and tables and includes examples of glacial environments a
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xxi, 543 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 483-528) and index.
ISBN: 9781429483575
1429483571
Index Number: GB2403
CLC: P343.6
Contents: Glacial environments, modern and past / J. Menzies -- Global glacial chronologies and causes of glaciation / Parker E. Calkin and Grant M. Young -- Glaciers and ice sheets / J. Menzies and Terry J. Hughes -- Ice flow and hydrology / Neal R. Iverson -- Processes of glacial transportation / Martin P. Kirkbride -- Processes of terrestrial glacial deposition / Colin A. Whiteman -- Subglacial environments / John Menzies and Bill W. Shilts -- Sediments and landforms of modern proglacial terrestrial environments / Judith Maizels -- Supraglacial and ice-marginal deposits and landforms / W. Hilt John

Related Book Recommendations